My weekly technology law column (Toronto Star version, homepage version) focuses again on the CBC's decision to distribute the finale of Canada's Next Great Prime Minister without DRM on BitTorrent. The use of BitTorrent may come as a surprise to those who mistakenly equate file sharing solely with infringing activities. BitTorrent and other peer-to-peer technologies are finding increasing favour with legitimate businesses attracted to its ability to distribute content in an efficient, cost-effective fashion.
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Canadian Heritage Committee Report Raises Net Neutrality
The Standing Committee on Canadian Heritage released its much anticipated report on CBC and public broadcasting. While the immediate attention is understandably on the funding-related recommendations, the report features several pages on network neutrality. The Committee notes that: Network non-neutrality could have significant consequences for CBC/Radio-Canada since it is not […]
Sounds Like Copyright
Yesterday I had the pleasure of appearing on CBC's Sounds Like Canada for an interview with host Shelagh Rogers. A podcast of the interview is available here.
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